Fibre Channel Installation Prerequisites; Installing The A6795A Pci Tachyon Xl2 Adapter - HP e3000 User Manual

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Fibre Channel Installation Prerequisites

Fibre Channel Installation Prerequisites
Before installing the HP Fibre Channel host bus adapter into any system, check that the following hardware
and software prerequisites have been met:
1. Verify the following product contents:
• Grounding wrist strap
• Fibre Channel driver software (included with MPE/iX OS)
• Fibre Channel host bus adapter with an optical port protector attached (not included with all
adapters).
2. Verify that the MPE/iX operating system version is 7.5 or later.
3. Verify the cabling requirements:
• Cable map (optional)
• Fiber optic cable terminated with a duplex LC connector. Cable must be 50 or 62.5 micron multimode
cable.
NOTE The A6795A adapter uses a fibre optic duplex M/M cable terminated with a SFF (small
form factor) LC connector.
For a list of cable product numbers, see the section "Attaching to Other Fibre Channel Devices".

Installing the A6795A PCI Tachyon XL2 Adapter

The A6795A Fibre Channel Tachyon XL2 PCI host bus adapter is a single port 2 Gb-capable adapter that
operates at bus speeds up to 66 MHz with a 64-bit bus width. With auto-speed negotiation, it is capable of a 1
Gb / 2 Gb data transfer rate. The supported HP e3000 systems must be running MPE/iX 7.5 or later version.
For more information about Auto Speed Negotiation, see the "Auto Speed Negotiation" section in Chapter 4,
"Troubleshooting," of this manual.
The A6795A adapter supports arbitrated loop and fabric topologies. It can connect to Fibre Channel devices
with either 2Gb or 1Gb interface.
Supported Platforms
The A6795A adapter supports the following HP e3000 systems:
A-class Models
• A400
• A500
N-class Model
• N4000
For the latest information on all supported topologies, platforms, switches and devices, contact your HP
Representative.
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